Kershaw County Deputies arrested a couple after finding a meth lab and child in a hotel room.
Heather Leann Studd, 26, and Jonathan Michael Pope, 26, have been charged with possession of methamphetamine. Studd also faces a charge of possession of Schedule IV narcotics.
The child found in the hotel room is believed to belong to the couple and is now in the Department of Social Services’ protective custody.
Police received a tip on January 13 that took them to room 12 of the Economy Inn on U.S. 1. Police found Studd and Pope inside along with a small amount of meth and instruments used to smoke the drug, says Kershaw County Sherriff Jim Matthews.
Matthews also said Pope told them that Christopher Britt Walker, 27, was using room 19 to make meth. When the fumes would get bad in room 19, they would go to room 12.
By: South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyer Pete Strom
Upon receiving a search warrant, investigators entered room 19 and found equipment used to make meth and also an undisclosed amount of meth.
Clothing and other evidence led Police believe that Walker and Nicole Marie Goodwin, 24, were the occupants of the room.
Studd and Pope were arrested and taken to Kershaw County Detention Center. Currently, arrest warrants have been issued for Walker and Goodwin, but neither has been arrested.
